§ 548-d. Application for funding. 1. Application process. In response
to a request for proposals, an eligible applicant may submit an
application for funding for a project to the department, which shall
receive all such applications on behalf of the committee. The department
shall forward all such applications for funding to the committee for
review and approval.

2. Components of application. Each application for funding shall
include, but not be limited to:

a. a description of the geographic boundaries and demographic
characteristics of the neighborhood in which the proposed project
services will be targeted and an explanation of why that neighborhood
was selected;

b. a description of the services that currently exist in the targeted
neighborhood, any gaps in or barriers to such services, including
identification of any known statutory or regulatory barriers, and the
resources available within the community to support such services;

c. a description of how existing services will be made more accessible
to residents of the targeted neighborhoods, whether or not any existing
services will be expanded, what new services will be provided, how both
the new and existing services will be coordinated, and what links will
be established among the providers of services in the community;

d. a statement of the project's goals and objectives, including the
intended outcome for each specific service or activity contained in the
action plan provided, however, that such outcomes may include, but need
not be limited to, appropriate measurable factors relating to
employment, health, education, substance abuse, and alcoholism;

e. a description of the process and criteria that will be used by the
applicant to select members of the council;

f. a description of the method that will be used to develop the action
plan. Such description shall address the process to be used to engage
the community residents in developing such action plan; and

g. a description of the community's involvement in the development of
the application including the involvement of local governmental
agencies, voluntary agencies, businesses, foundations, community
organizations, and community residents, and the methods by which the
applicant will assure continued community involvement in the delivery of
services and long range planning efforts.